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High Schooler Wears Traditional Chinese Dress to Prom and Gets Called Out for Cultural Appropriation

Posted by Samantha Liao on May 2, 2018November 25, 2020 in Let's Get Woke!

This past weekend, high school student Keziah Daum sparked some outrage online after posting her prom pictures on Twitter. She shared photos of herself all dressed up, alongside her date and her friends as they headed to their high school…

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Let’s Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Posted by Samantha Liao on May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 in Know Your Roots

The month of May is full of reasons to celebrate! Spring is in full bloom and the weather is absolutely beautiful. We start the month off drinking margaritas on Cinco de Mayo, then take time to honor the special women in…

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Could The U.S. Have an Asian President in 2020?

Posted by Samantha Liao on April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 in What's Really Going On?

Meet Andrew Yang – a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist who could become the next president of the United States. The New York native has big aspirations to become America’s 46th president and improve the country with his initiatives, and…

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L.A. Angels’ Shohei Ohtani Proves He is a Rising Star in First MLB Start

Posted by Samantha Liao on April 2, 2018April 11, 2018 in Asians Can Ball Too

On Sunday, Japanese baseball prodigy Shohei Ohtani made his MLB pitching debut in a game against the Oakland Athletics. Hyped up by many as ‘the next big thing’ and drawing comparisons to the late great Babe Ruth, Ohtani came into…

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Chinese New Year 2018: Year of the Dog

Posted by Samantha Liao on February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 in You Know You're Asian When...

Happy Chinese New Year! Gong Hei Fat Choy! Xin Nian Kuai Le! Whatever your preferred language is, I want to wish all of you a Happy Lunar New Year! Bring out the red envelopes, tang yuan (sweet rice balls), and firecrackers as…

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5 Reasons Why Chloe Kim is My Hero

Posted by Samantha Liao on February 13, 2018February 14, 2018 in Asians Can Ball Too

Everyone has been talking about Chloe Kim, and rightfully so. The 17-year-old snowboarding superstar captured the attention of the world on Tuesday when she won her very first Olympic gold medal with an astonishing performance on the halfpipe. In her…

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Meet the Asian-American Athletes Headlining the 2018 Winter Olympics

Posted by Samantha Liao on February 8, 2018February 13, 2018 in Asians Can Ball Too

Who’s excited for the 2018 Winter Olympics? I know I am! Now that football season is officially over, the Olympics will be the perfect thing to hold me over until soccer season starts. I’m especially looking forward to the Opening…

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The Day I Discovered I’m a Walking Asian Stereotype

Posted by Samantha Liao on February 2, 2018February 2, 2018 in You Know You're Asian When...

Do you ever watch a movie or read a book and feel like you can identify perfectly with one of the characters or storylines? It’s almost like someone made a movie or wrote a book about your own life. Sometimes,…

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#OscarsSoNotAsian: The Absence of Asian Representation at Awards Shows

Posted by Samantha Liao on January 23, 2018January 29, 2018 in Let's Get Woke!

Let’s play a little trivia game. When was the last time an Asian actor or actress won an Oscar? I want you to think hard. Give up? The last time an actor of Asian descent won an Oscar was in…

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Aziz Ansari Becomes First Asian Male to Win Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Category

Posted by Samantha Liao on January 8, 2018February 9, 2018 in For The Culture

Major congratulations are in order for Aziz Ansari, who took home the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Comedy on Sunday night. Not only was this a big win for Ansari because it was his first-ever Golden…

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